Iloveyou & 24 Other Worst Passwords of 2019
Don’t use bad passwords. Even for nonsense. Because the stupid social network you join today might someday add a wallet, cloud service or camera, and before you know it, the only thing stopping someone from emptying your bank account and spying on your home is this is the word “dragon”.
“Dragon” was the 23rd most popular password in 2019, according to SplashData, the creators of the password managers SplashID , TeamsID and Gpass . It replaces Donald, which was particularly popular last year , and Star Wars, which was the most popular in 2017 .
Here are all the 25 most popular passwords of the year, judging by how often they appeared in data breaches. See the full 100 Worst Passwords on the SplashData site.
- 123456
- 123456789
- qwerty
- password
- 1234567
- 12345678
- 12345
- I love you
- 111111
- 123123
- abc123
- qwerty123
- 1q2w3e4r
- admin
- qwertyuiop
- 654321
- 555555
- beautiful
- 7777777
- welcome
- 888888
- Princess
- The Dragon
- password1
- 123qwe
Any extremely popular password is by definition bad because hackers (and their software) are more likely to guess it. It doesn’t matter how “weird” the password looks if everyone uses it. Use a password manager and have him make huge passwords for you that he will remember for you as well. And enable two factor authentication .